Used to Love U
{{about|the John Legend song|the Gwen Stefani song|Used to Love You}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Used to Love U
| cover = Used to Love U.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = John Legend
| album = Get Lifted
| B-side = Money Blown
| released = {{Start date|2004|8|31}}
| recorded = 2004
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|R&B|hip hop soul}}
| length = 3:30
| label = {{hlist|GOOD|Sony Urban|Columbia}}
| writer = {{hlist|John Stephens|Kanye West}}
| producer = {{hlist|John Legend|Kanye West}}
| prev_title = Selfish
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Ordinary People
| next_year = 2005
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|28hYBf1A2yk|"Used to Love U"}}}}
}}
"Used to Love U" is the debut solo single by American singer John Legend. It was written and produced by Legend and rapper-producer Kanye West for his debut album Get Lifted (2004). Released as Legend's debut single as well as the album's leading single in August 2004, the song reached number 30 in New Zealand and the United Kingdom as well as number 11 in the Flemish region of Belgium. "Used to Love U" also peaked at number 32 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Music video
Directed by Ben Mor, the video for "Used to Love U" begins with John Legend taking his girlfriend to a church where a sermon is taking place. Through the girlfriend's point of view, we see that she's more interested with shiny jewelry than being with Legend. The sermon is held by Kanye West, backed by a choir, who gets Legend to play the piano. After playing the piano, Legend stands up and sings in front his girlfriend and his previous exes that are in the audience, saying that he's better off without them. Kat Graham of The Vampire Diaries fame appears towards the end of the video.
Track listings
;CD single
{{tracklist
| head line = Maxi-Single
| title1 = Used to Love U
| note1 = Album Version
| length1 = 3:31
| title2 = Used to Love U
| note2 = Sam Frank Club Mix
| length2 = 3:44
| title3 = Used to Love U
| note3 = Yam Who? Club Mix
| length3 = 4:56
| title4 = Money Blown
| note4 =
| length4 = 4:38
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Get Lifted.{{cite AV media notes |title=Get Lifted |publisher=GOOD Music|others=John Legend |title-link=Get Lifted|year=2004}}
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- Kanye West – producer
- John Legend – co-producer, vocals, piano
- Anthony Kilhoffer – engineer
- Andy Manganello – engineer
- Michael Peters – engineer
- Mike Eleopoulos – assistant engineer
- Pablo Arraya – assistant engineer
- Val Brathwaite – assistant engineer
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- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- Jared Robbins – assistant mix engineer
- The Horn Dogs – horns
- Printz Board – trumpet
- Tim Izo – saxophone, flute
- George Pajon – guitar
- Miri Ben-Ari – strings
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Used to Love U" !scope="col"|Chart (2004–2005) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite journal |url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue789.pdf |title=ARIA Charts – Week Commencing 11th April 2005 |journal=The ARIA Report |issue=789 |page=4 |date=11 April 2005 |access-date=24 March 2021 |via=National Library of Australia |archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222437/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050420-0000/issue789.pdf |archivedate=22 February 2008}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
| 67 |
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| {{single chart|Australiaurban|17|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222429/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050720-0000/ISSUE801.pdf|urltitle=Issue 801|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2022}} |
| {{singlechart|Flanders|11|artist=John Legend|song=Used to Love U|access-date=2013-11-30|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|title=John Legend - Used To Love U - Music Charts|work=αCharts|url=http://acharts.us/song/592|access-date=2008-12-26}}
| 45 |
| {{singlechart|Dutch40|69|artist=John Legend|song=Used to Love U|access-date=2013-11-30|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|New Zealand|27|artist=John Legend|song=Used to Love U|access-date=2013-11-30|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|UK|29|date=2004-07-07|access-date=2013-11-30|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|74|artist=John Legend|access-date=2013-11-30|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|32|artist=John Legend|access-date=2013-11-30|rowheader=true}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+2005 year-end chart performance for "Used to Love U" !scope="col"|Chart (2005) !scope="col"|Position |
| scope="row"|UK Urban (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2006/Music-Week-2006-01-14.pdf |title=2005 Urban Top 40|magazine=Music Week|page=22|date=January 14, 2006|access-date=August 5, 2023}}
|32 |
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Release history
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! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format(s) ! scope="col"| Label(s) ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row"| United States
| {{start date|2004|9|7}} | Columbia |{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-09-03.pdf |title=Going for Adds |magazine=Radio & Records |issue=1571 |page=19 |date=September 3, 2004 |access-date=July 9, 2022}} |
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References
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External links
- {{YouTube|28hYBf1A2yk|Music video}}
{{John Legend}}
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Category:Song recordings produced by Kanye West
Category:Songs written by John Legend
Category:Songs written by Kanye West
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